Tag: Lawyers Agitation

Koraput: Members of the District Lawyers’ Association of Jeypore staged a protest today demanding establishment of a permanent High Court Bench in undivided Koraput. The agitation will continue till December 17 and if the demand is not fulfilled, the association has threatened to call for Jeypore bandh on December 18. According to sources, all the […]

Cuttack : Amidst the on-going controversy surrounding the lawyers’ agitation, the Orissa High Court deferred its hearing till tomorrow as Crime Branch failed to submit the charge sheet today. As per reports, during the hearing held on November 9, the Crime Branch had asked for a six-week time for submission of the charge sheet, which […]

Sambalpur: The agitating lawyers today showed black flags to Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Surya Narayan Patro in Sambalpur during the latter’s visit to the area for Kharif crop procurement meeting. As per sources, the minister was earlier scheduled to hold the meeting at RDC office but later rescheduled the place apprehending protest by […]

Rourkela: Demanding appointment of judges to fill up the vacant posts in Rourkela Family Court, lawyers of Rourkela Bar Association today locked the main gate of the court situated at Udit Nagar here today. Various sensitive cases, including marital disputes are pending in the court since days due to an acute shortage of judges, the […]

Cuttack: The agitation by Orissa High Court lawyers demanding recruitment of judges in vacant posts intensified after members of the Orissa High Court Bar Association launched a relay hunger strike today. As a result of the strike, the court was not able to receive any new cases and processing of old case files was also […]

Cuttack: The functioning of the Orissa High Court has been paralysed since Monday as the lawyers are on a cease-work agitation demanding immediate appointment of judges against the vacancies. Hearing of cases has been visibly affected since the start of the week creating problems for the people. “I had the date for hearing but there […]

Jajpur: The 18-day agitation of lawyers at Jajpur Road in the district was withdrawn today after receiving a written assurance from Law Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo. The advocates began the agitation on April 2 demanding establishment of Additional District Judge (ADJ) Court and Tehsil Office at Jajpur. It may be mentioned here that various women […]

Balasore: Amid the ongoing letter-war between Centre and the Odisha government, the demand for establishment of a permanent bench of Orissa High Court has now gained momentum in northern Odisha. Lawyers of western and southern Odisha have been agitating for establishment of high court benches in their respective regions. A protest was staged by Balasore […]

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing letter-war between Centre and Odisha government over establishment of a permanent bench of Orissa High Court, the Union Law & Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today threw the ball back into the State government’s court. Responding to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s letter, Prasad today urged the former to […]

Rourkela: A one-day economic blockade was launched by the lawyers’ association to put pressure on Odisha government to set up a permanent bench of Orissa High Court and grant district status to Rourkela. Normal life was completely thrown out of gear on account of the blockade today. The agitating lawyers staged a demonstration by locking […]

Cuttack: Alleging that there was a deliberate attempt to derail the lawyers’ agitation, Orissa High Court Bar Association on Friday dismissed three lawyers including two office bearers of the ruling-BJD’s legal front. Besides, a show-cause notice has also been issued to Odisha Bar Council chairperson, Tahali Mohanty, informed Orissa High Court Bar Association secretary, Satyabrat […]

Bhubaneswar: Whether justice is being denied could be argued by some, but there seems to be an inordinate delay in justice delivery as it is almost 2 months that the Orissa High Court has remained out of bounds for the common man. It is now for the past two months that the lawyers under the […]

Cuttack: A day after Supreme Court urged the agitating lawyers of Orissa High Court to withdraw their stir, the members of the Bar Association today decided to continue their cease-work protest till Wednesday. At a high-level meeting, Orissa High Court Bar Association secretary, Satyabrat Mohanty said that they have high respect for the apex court […]

Cuttack: Lawyers of the Orissa High Court who are protesting over their ongoing spat with police in connection with attack on an advocate by Chauliaganj police personnel last month, have threatened to intensify their agitation by gheraoing the residence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Due to the strike, work at offices of Treasury, Collectorate, Excise, […]

Bhubaneswar:  The proceedings of Odisha Assembly were disrupted today following ruckus created by Congress members over lawyers’ agitation demanding establishment of a permanent High Court bench in Western Odisha. Alleging that the common man is being affected due to non-functioning of courts, the Congress demanded a reply from the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in […]